3 Charged With Grooming, Child Solicitation After Undercover Sting In Downers Grove

DOWNERS GROVE, IL — Three men face multiple felony charges after police say they each traveled to a Downers Grove hotel under the impression they were going to meet with a girl, 16, for a sexual encounter.

Nicholas Flesher, 55, of Schererville, Indiana, Cameron Konter, 24, of Braceville, Illinois, and Devonte Robinson, 28, of Country Club Hills, Illinois, were each charged with grooming, solicitation to meet a child and traveling to meet a minor. The investigation was led by Downers Grove police, with the help of the Carol Stream and Westmont Police Departments and the DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group (DUMEG), per a news release from the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office (DCSAO).

On June 4, undercover police officers used an adult services website to post a fictitious ad from an 18-year-old woman. Police say Flesher, Konter and Robinson each responded to the ad and unknowingly communicated with undercover officers about meeting up for a paid sexual encounter.

Police say that during these conversations, Flesher, Konter and Robinson were told that the person with whom they thought they were speaking was 16 years old. Flesher, Konter and Robinson are accused of driving to a hotel in Downers Grove for the purposes of meeting the fictitious 16-year-old for the purpose of a sexual encounter.

Flesher, Konter and Robinson were each taken into custody when they got to the hotel. They were since granted pretrial release with electronic monitoring under the condition they have no contact with persons younger than 18 years old.

"The allegations against these three men are extremely disturbing, DuPage County State's Attorney Bob Berlin said in a statement.

Berlin added, "The predatory actions allegedly committed by each of these men, as they sought to have inappropriate sexual relations with an underage girl, will not be tolerated in DuPage County."